A large sex difference on a two-dimensional mental rotation task

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 845-849

  Collins, David W ^a   Kimura, Doreen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030848231     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.4.845     Document Type: Article

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